Clasp for hose-supporters.



Nd. 878,350. PATENTED FEB. 4:, 1908. LOOHEN.

CLASP FOR HOSE SUPPORTERS.

APPLICATION FILED APB. 5.1207.

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JOSEPH COHEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CLASP FOR HOSE-SUPPORTERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1908.

Application filed April 5. 1907. Serial No. 366.630.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I JOSEPH COHEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York,

in the county of New York and State of New York, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps for Hose-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to clasps, particu larly designed for attaching hose supporters to other articles of apparel, and consists in the improvements hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a view showing in a general way the manner of using the clasp in attaching hose supporters to the lower edge of a corset Fig. 2 shows, to an enlarged scale, a hose supporter adapted to be thus attached; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my clasp with a short piece of attached webbing, Fig. 4 is an edge view of the clasp, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section, on an enlarged scale, of the clasp and portions of the attached webbing and garment, showing the clasp permanently secured in place on the garment.

My clasp consists of a substantially rectangular piece of sheet-metal A, folded to substantially Y-shape, as best shown in Fig. 3, and having its free edges B, serrated; the tips of such serrations being turned inwardly or downwardly, as at C, for a purpose hereinafter described. The doubled leg, D, of the Y is slotted as at E, to receive one end of the Webbing, which webbing may be secured therein in any desired manner.

In attaching the clasp, the separated arms thereof are passed on opposite sides of the fabric to which it is to be secured, and these arms then firmly pressed or hammered together, thus further inturning and clenching the serrations firmly through the fabric. This is readily accomplished, as the incurved ends of the teeth on each arm are thrust against the inner side of the opposite arm and securely clenched in place; forming apermancnt attachment to the clasp.

What I claim is:

A clasp for hose supporters, composed of a single piece of sheet-metal so folded as to be substantially Y-shaped in cross section and having throughout the length of its straight, opposed, upper edges a seriesof alternatelyplaced, inwardlyand downwardly curved serrations adapted to be permanently attached to an article of apparel by being clenched therethrough by pressure against the opposite inner surface of the clasp, the doubled leg of the clasp having its plates folded into contact with each other and provided with registering slots for the attachment of webbing.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH COHEN.

itnesses PHILIP P. RosENBAUM, CHARLES H. FARBSTEIN. 

